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April 2004
- Game developer and publisher LucasArts
has laid off 29 employees in attempt to cut back on costs.
Source: IGN, Gamespot 4-26-04
- Advertisers to Cut TV Ads
Many national advertisers are planning to scale back television ad
budgets by as much as 20% because of fears their ads will never
be seen thanks to Tivo, DVRs and similar devices.
Source: News.com 4-26-04
- The Perseus Books Group is cutting 17 jobs from Westview Press as
part of Westview's operations are integrated into its Basic Books
division.
Source: Bouldernews.com 4-26-04
- News World Communications is laying off 86 people -- over 6% of its
workforce. Most of the layoffs will come from the publications
The World & I and Noticias del Mundo.
Source: New York Post 4-20-04
- 28 Pieces of Spyware Per PC
More people are being forced to remove adware and spyware as consumers
are infected in droves. EarthLink's Spy Audit found that the average
PC has 28 items of spyware. Anti-spyware software is fairly inexpensive and
can scan PCs for the annoying and often harmful spyware programs. Adware,
like Claria's GAIN system and software from WhenU, display annoying and
unwanted pop-ups and other types of ads on a personal computer. These companies
have also been sued by numerous major media companies
for placing ads over their web content without permission. Spyware
is even more invasive and can damage a computer, spy on the owner's
keystrokes and use up computer memory for sending send spam emails.
Source: ShoppingBlog.com, Earthlink, BBC 4-19-04
- Atari Closes Down WizardWorks
Atari has closed its WizardWorks division which created
interactive hunting and fishing games like Deer Hunter
and Pro Bass Fishing. It is the third Atari game studio to
be closed since late 2003.
Source: GameSpot 4-7-04
- The Washington Post and Early Retirement
Some 56 editorial employees at the Washington Post left
through the Post's Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program.
The buyout package was said to very good for the departing
employees. But where does The Post now stand after losing
senior, experienced journalists in the process? And what about
other newspaper around the country that have also let senior
journalists and editors go through buyouts or layoffs? An article
in the AJR tries to provide some answers to this complicated question.
Source: AJR 4-5-04
- Privacy Row Over Google's Email Service
Privacy advocates are complaining about Google's new email service
called Gmail. Privacy advocates are concerned with Google's plans to
place ads on individual emails in the Gmail service. They are concerned
that the reading of the emails to place ads will violate an individual's privacy.
Google thinks the concerns are invalid because it will use computer
algorithms to determine how ads are displayed.
Source: BBC,
E-Commerce Times 4-5-04
- The MPAA and Nielsen NRG reported that a survey found that nearly 40% of
parents are unaware that file swapping of copyrighted materials is illegal.
More than 40% of parents who participated in the survey know that their kids
download music and movies over the Internet, and 55% of them know their kids
did not pay for the content, while another 15% is unsure. In addition, one-third
of those parents who have downloaded movies and music learned how to do so
from their kids.
Source: The Write News 4-2-04
- Editorial Work Being Outsourced
Some content work, like articles written for CNET's Builder.com, is
moving overseas as part of the growing offshoring trend.
A recent Fast Company article covering the growing outsourcing trend put
Copy Editor, Journalist and Film Editor jobs at a "High to Moderate Risk"
of being shipped overseas. Other news articles have mentioned that
technical writing jobs are part of the large numbers of technical and
service jobs being outsourced.
Source: Fast Company, Newsforge, The Register, IndyStar.com 4-1-04
- Hollywood Wizards Outsourced
Hollywood graphics experts calling themselves the E-Dream Team are advertising
themselves on eBay after their jobs were offshored. The team has worked on
popular games like Warcraft III and Myst and blockbuster movies like
The Matrix and Mission Impossible.
Many technology jobs, including graphics and film editing jobs, are being
offshored as U.S. companies take advantage of cheap labor overseas.
Source: Webuser, eBay 4-1-04
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